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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1907
Page
29
A chaotic scene unfolded in the fifth inning as a bottle thrown at the umpire sparked a mass brawl. Players argued with Hugo Dusenburg while fans surged toward the field, a gun-like object was mentioned in the melee, and several witnesses described tense moments before order was restored.
Crowds of about 50 000 people gather near the Cunard liner as 60 policemen keep the crowd from boarding the ship. Vendors sell miniature British flags and lemonade, while officials note no public access today. A separate Moscow report notes four new cholera cases, three faint, amid spreading concerns.
Dispatch from Gen Drude states he plans to extend the armistice to allow Moroican tribesmen to reach internal agreement on their differences. A Chatoula delegate pledged use of force if needed to unify the tribes. Abdul Aziz the Sultanate in Fez Rabat appears dated September 7.
The Washington Post reports a Russian archbishop and accompanied clergy plan to meet in Washington to discuss succession as head of the Orthodox Russian Church. Delegates from the Russian Embassy and several churches, including Chicago and Allegheny, coordinate arrangements for the service and meeting with the archbishop.
Annie Hest of Adyar India spoke as world president to delegates at the American Theosophical Society convention in Chicago urging the group to reform offenders rather than expel them. She argued that great religions do not impose penalties but seek moral improvement, resisting any move to adopt a penal code within the society and stressing unity with the divine. The meeting also elected officers, including Tope as President and Welly Van Hook as Secretary.
A mangled dispatch reports a yacht left for the Czar and family with speed for Finnish waters. The note mentions Cam and family and refers to a purchase or transfer linked to Cotl or Tintang, with unclear details due to garbled text.
An author denounces a class of American parents for allowing daughters to marry into European aristocracy. He condemns moneyed Americans who seek social advantage through marriages, warns of scheming social climbers, and urges frank discussion of the issue without labeling all ties as corrupt.
A drowned woman identified as Marguerita A Fitz from New York, mother of a 22 year old, was found in the Delaware River after her daughter, a presumed eloper named Sonia Croft, vanished. Croft, an English globe trotter, told police of a rushed Rhode Island move amid family inquiries and differing religions.
In Columbia South Carolina Sept te Ars thal Blair was charged with murdering her husband Blair a conductor on a mobile line Newberry and Laurens Fairchild. In January last she was today convicted of manslaughter with a sentence recommended. sentence postponed. Blair faces 2 to 15 years in the penitentiary. Mrs Blair, about thirty, mother of two, was described as unusually attractive, and the crowd heard her appeal before being led from the courtroom. A telegraphed dispatch noted emigrants passing through there for Siberia.
The Rev. Roosevelt attended an 8 a.m. communion at Christ Church amid a sparse gathering of Sunday worshipers. He planned brief sermon preparations and was among about a dozen early attendees, changing plans to join the service as the day began.
In Shamokin Pennsylvania a jealous rival opened fire after rival suitor Michael Murad paid attention to Bordner’s sweetheart. Murad died at the scene, and the assailant was soon captured as he attempted to escape, police report.
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